To be annoyed at people shopping in families/couples?

[Nicknamegoeshere]

So I went to the supermarket to do my weekly shop today. Left the baby and my OH at home as I understand the current rules re Covid to be shop alone where possible.

Now I totally respect that in certain circumstances there has to be exceptions to this rule e.g. for lone parents, shopping with a vulnerable person etc.

However, there were a huge number of large families (with both parents) shopping today, lots and lots of couples (young/middle-aged) etc.

Why are so many people blatantly ignoring the guidance?

@sparklingbrook it is pretty impossible to try and keep the queue under control at all with that amount of people but i just keep on smiling under my mask.

He could wait in the car. Or stop being useless.

There isn't guidance in any of the supermarkets I go to ... also I can't shop alone or I can't reach half the shelves 😂

By coming in your pairs you are doubling our exposure

Totally agree it’s so selfish. The entitled people are the reason this lock down pandemic and hospital transmissions will continue.

But that’s OK because you needed another able bodied adult to hold your hand to pick the weekly shop.

[quote Nicknamegoeshere]@Dopeyduck But our actions DO impact on others, it not just a case of "you do you."
OK. Take my 88 yo nan. She lives on her own, she is in the first stages of mild heart failure but tries as she can to remain independent. She isn't computer literate, a chat to the checkout person maybe the only/limited brief human interaction she gets that day.
She walls around the corner to the supermarket to buy her essentials and it's cold outside. She has to queue because there are large families in front of her.
They could have stayed in and just sent one adult but "Felt like an afternoon out." They take up space in the supermarket meaning that it's very difficult for social distancing rules to be adhered to. They increase the risk of transmission.
But "I'm alright, Jack."[/quote]
What’s wrong with her waiting in the queue for 5 minutes longer ?

If she’s well enough to walk to the shop then she’s well enough to wait in a queue.

Oh, the angst of going to the supermarket

Pre COVID I went food shopping every day
DS would also go food shopping on own 3-4 times a week
DM would go food shopping twice a week
Elderly NDN would go 2-3 times a week
So 14-16 visits between us
Now we go together (DS and I) 1-2 times a week - we also doing shopping for elderly DM and NDN
That’s a huge reduction but still not apparently acceptable to OP

I shop with my adult child as I am her carer. She needs the independence but needs support to have it, (I'm not locking her away, doing her shopping for her so that she can take 10 steps back from where she is now as we did after last lockdown just because some people are getting uppity about it) . To look at her you wouldn't think she needed a carer but she does. So please don't judge as you really dont know why they are shopping together.

@Nishky

I get irritated by this in non-COVID times 😄 - it’s the people who stand discussing which fecking red pepper to choose oblivious of the three people patiently waiting to also pick up a red pepper.

I don’t understand both partners going shopping at all, although I agree with the pp who say it’s educational for children-but another adult in the house can use the time to do something more interesting

Absolutely this. Either that or the partner who isn't shopping will just stand there, completely in the way and oblivious that there are other people who need to get past.

I'm with you OP, I get there may be some reasons why people can't shop alone but I would say this thread is proof that some people will just do whatever they want despite the rules.

Now is not the time to take DC to the supermarket for an educational experience, but the DC can learn about counting tomatoes and play shops at the Self Scan as soon as they aren't monitoring the amount of people in the shop again.

@IceFrost Well she's 88 so you know, who cares if her risk of infection is increased because of large families having a nice time out? Honestly, the selfishness of some people is shocking!!!

@Sparklingbrook

Now is not the time to take DC to the supermarket for an educational experience, but the DC can learn about counting tomatoes and play shops at the Self Scan as soon as they aren't monitoring the amount of people in the shop again.

That’s not what the op is talking about though.

She’s X-ray visioning all the people who have someone with them and deciding if they look crippled enough to be allowed out with someone accompanying them.

Get over yourself and mind your business, you don't know anyone situation

Which supermarkets are these, Asda is notorious for families shopping en mass but not much of this in Waitrose, not in our town anyway.

So pleasant to see supermarket employees expressing a little bit of hate for shoppers Change jobs if you really don’t like the people coming in. Or be grateful that those shoppers are enabling your employer to keep you employed. Many people shopping for food with their families have no choice and no jobs right now.
This thread is a shameful reflection of how covid is enabling others to pass judgement under the guise of ‘following the law’, urgh

@Kcar it was mentioned a couple of times in the thread, that's all. Somebody said they agreed it was educational for children. I wasn't referring to the OP at that point.

I actually think this thread has gone a bit pear shaped and it's getting a bit personal for some posters.

@Rhine

Why does a couple need to go shopping together? It’s clingy, controlling and weird, Don’t get me started on whole families who do it. Just why?

⬆️This

Really annoys me too especially as it makes queues longer. Time is tight with work and family responsibilities- it’s selfish on many levels!

This thread is shocking. It's only 'guidance'? Really. Only guidance. As is all the other things we've been asked to do aswell. Which bits are law? And which bits are not Only guidance then?

@Sparklingbrook You're right - it wasn't me that referred to this. Thank you 😊

Also, just to let you know that Kcar doesn't like to be tagged for some reason. Don't know why?

When I last went to Waitrose in the previous lockdown you weren’t allowed in if there was more than one of you apart from single parents, I doubt it is any different now

Some don’t like to be tagged in threads as you get emails I believe, I have tagging switched off anyway.

No. Law is here www.legislation.gov.uk/coronavirus

www.gov.uk/coronavirus Is a summary.

It must be obeyed or there are penalties imposed. Fines.

Guidance is just advisory and you cannot be charged or fined for non compliance.

I have explained to you why I don’t like to be tagged. I’m on the thread. You do not need to aggressively tag me to call me back to the thread.

I have explained this twice now.